Handle for caskets.



No. 855,544. PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907,.

J. WADDELL. HANDLE FOR GASKETS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30. 1906.

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HANDLE FOR GASKETS.

Specification of Letters Patent. v

Patented June 4, 1907. I

Application filed be 30, 1306. Serial No. 345,744;

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN XVADDELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Handle for Caskets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a handle for caskets and similar uses, which is of that type in which the grip of the handle is hingedly mounted on fastening plates which are secured to the sides of the casket, the hinge between each end of the grip and adjacent fastoning plate being such as to permit the grip to be swung down in close proximity to the side of the casket when not in use, and to be swung outwardly from the side of the casket so as to permit of its being conveniently grasped by the hand.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide a casket handle of the character referred to having hinges which are of simple, substantial and inexpensive construction, composed of few parts which are easily assembled and afford a strong connection between the grip and fastening plates of the handle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hinge for connecting two relatively movable parts, which includes a stop for limiting the relative movement of the parts in one direction while permitting the parts to be readily disconnected by a movement in the opposite direction.

- ith these objects in view, and others, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be described more fully hereinafter, and set forth with particularity in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate certain of the embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the casket handle showing parts broken away to illustrate one of the hinges between the grip and one of the fastening plates. Fig. 2 is an end view of the handle with one of the fastening plates removed to show the hinge. Fig.

3 is a perspective view of the parts of one of the hinges in disassembled relation. Fig. 4 is a view of a modified form of hinge. Fig. 5

is a view of the plates of thehinge. Fig 6 is a view of another modified form of hinge. Fig. 7 is view of the two plates of the hinge used in connection with Fig. 8.

further modifiedzforms of hinges. Fig. 11 is a front view of the plate of the hinge shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 12 is an end view of the grip Fig. 13 is a front view of the plate of the hinge shown in Fig. 9. Figs. 14 and 15 are front views of the plates of the hinge shown in Fig. 10.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

In the present instance, I have elected to illustrate my invention in connection with a handle for a coffin or casket; but I do not desire to have it understood that the invention is necessarily limited to this use, since it is applicable to drawer pulls and other kindred uses. 5

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the grip of the handle and 2 the fastening plates which are suitably secured to the sides ofthe casket and to which the grip is hingedly connected at each end. The hinge between each end of the grip and the adjacent fastening plate comprises, according to the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3, a pair of punched sheet metal plates 3 and 4 each in the form of two connected disks and'provided with apertures 5 at the center of each disk. The plate 3 is provided with a hook-shaped projection 6 which is adapted to extend around the edgeof the plate 4 at 7 and engage a shoulder or stop 8. The two plates 3 and 4 are set in the grip 1 and the adjacent fastening plate 2 of the handle, as shown in Fig. 1, and they are held in position by means of fastening screws 9 extending through the apertures 5 of the lower disk portions of the plates. Through the aperture 50f the upper disk portion of the plate 3 extends a fastening screw 10 that serves as a pintle on which the two plates of the hinge have relative movement. The head of the pintle lO'is formed with cars 11 and the opening 5 of the plate 4 is provided with oppositely disposed slots 12 for accommodating the head of the pintle. The head of the pintle 10 projects outwardly from the plate 3 a sufiicient distance to extend through the slotted opening 5 on the plate 4. When the grip 1 is swung outwardly from the side of the casket to the position shown in Fig. 2, the ears 11 on the pintle are disposed out of alinement with-the slots 12 in the plate 4. When the grip is in the position shown in Fig. 2, the hook-shapedlug 6 on the plate 3 engages the shoulder or stop 8 and prevents shown in Fig. 6. Figs. 8 to 10, inclusive, are l the handle from swinging outwardly. The

v Referring to Figs. 4 and 5, the hinge comprises a pair of approximately circular plates 14 and 15 secured, respectively, to the grip 1 and adjacent fastener plate 2 by means of screws 16 extending through the countersunk apertures 17 of the plates. The center of the plate 15 is provided with an aperture 18 for receiving the pintle screw 19 which has a head similar to the pintle shown in Fig. 3, and the plate 14 is provided with an aperture 20 to receive the head of the pintle. At a suitable point along the edge of the plate 15 is formed a laterally extending lug 21 which moves along the notched periphery of the plate 14 at 22, the ends 23 of the notch 22 serving as stops with which the lug 21 engages to limit the movement of the plate 14 with respect to the plate 15.

In the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the hinge plates 24 and 25 are apertured at 26 for receiving the fastening'screw 27. The plates are hingedly connected by the pintle 28 that extends through registering apertures 29 in the two plates. On the plate 24 is a lug 30 which engages in the arc-shaped slot 31 struck from the center of the aperture 29 in the plate 25. The plates have a relative movement about the pintle, which movement is limited by the lug 30 engaging the ends of the slot 31.

The modified form of hinge shown in Figs. 8, 11 and 12 employs only a single plate 32 which is formed with a lug 33 that engages in the arc-shaped slot 34 on the end surface of the grip 1, or adjacent fastening plate 2, as desired. A pintle 35 is arranged in the grip 1 and extends through the aperture 36 in the plate 32, a washer 37 being employed around the pintle and set in the end of the grip 1.

vBy this means the relative swinging movement is permitted between the grip 1 and fastening plate 2, which movement is limited by the lug 33 engaging the ends of the slot 34.

In Figs. 9 and 13, a single plate hinge is also shown. This plate is secured in position by the fastening screw 38 extending through the countersunk aperture 39. The pintle 40 extends through the opening 41 which is shaped to receive the head of the pintle. From the same member of the handle having the pintle 40 extends a lug or stop 42 in the form of an ordinary screw. This screw is adapted to engage the shoulder 43 on the plate 44 of the hinge, so as to limit the movements of the parts of the handle about the pintle.

A further form of double plate hinge is shown in Figs. 10, 14 and 15. 'This hinge comprises the plates 45 and 46 which are secured to the parts of the handle by the fastening screws 47 extending through aper-- tures 48. Each plate is provided with a central opening 49, one for receiving the shank of the pintle screw 50 and the other for receiving the head of the screw. The plate 45 is provided with an arc-shaped slot 51 located slightly inward from the periphery thereof, and the plate 46 has a lug 52 struck out laterally therefrom to engage in the slot 51. This construction is approximately the same as that shown in Figs. 4 and 5, except that the lug 52 is located slightly inward from the periphery of the hinge plate and the slot 51 takes the place of the notch 52.

From the foregoing description, taken in 3 connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood.

The several forms of hinges are of simple and inexpensive construction and constitute a strong and substantial connection between two parts adapted to have relative movement.

What is claimed is 1. The combination of two relatively movable members with a hinge between them, said hinge comprising a pair of plates having pintle-receiving apertures, a screw-pintle extending through the aperture of one of the plates and screwed into one of the members with its head projecting to engage in the aperture of the other plate, and means for limiting the hinge movement.

2. Ahandle comprising two relatively movable members with a hinge between them, said hinge comprising a plate secured to one of the members and having a pintle-receiving aperture, a pintle removably mounted on the other member and projecting therefrom and engaging in'the aperture of the plate, a lug on and projecting from one of said members parallel with the pintle, and means on the other member than that carrying the lug for engaging the latter to limit the hinge movement. I

3. The combination of two relatively movable members, with a hinge between them, said hinge comprising a pair of plates having pintle receiving apertures, a screw pintle extending through the apertures of one of the plates and screwing into one of the members- IIO plate having a pintle-reoeiving aperture and In testimony that I claim the foregoing as a slot to one side of said aperture, another my oWn, I have hereto affiXed my signature 10 plate having a pintle-reoeiving aperture and in thepresence of two Witnesses.

a lug for enga elnent in the slot in the other plate, and a p intle-sorew extending through JOHN WADDELL' the pintle apertures of both plates and hav- WVitnesses:

ing a head for interlocking behind one of the JOHN J. SHORT,

plates. FRED GARBOY. 

